Year % of total labor force ages 15-24 (modeled ILO estimate) 1991 1.781 1992 1.811 1993 1.831 1994 1.853 1995 1.872 1996 2.378 1997 2.886 1998 3.393 1999 3.899 2000 4.405 2001 6.745 2002 9.022 2003 11.237 2004 13.425 2005 15.729 2006 17.92 2007 20.049 2008 22.138 2009 24.676 2010 23.304 2011 22.037 2012 20.782 2013 19.581 2014 18.297 2015 16.856 2016 15.32 2017 14.934 2018 14.444 2019 13.93 2020 16.369 2021 15.62 2022 15.226 2023 14.931